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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Doctor Sargent delivered the first of a series of four lectures on "The Physical Development of College Students" in the Fogg Museum last evening. The popular interest in the subject drew a large audience and the lecturer closely held the attention of his hearers. The substance of the lecture follows...
...popular mind athletic interest centers round the baseball and football teams and the crew. The undue prominence given to the few who engage in these sports has greatly deceived the public in regard to the athletic development of the many students engaged in gymnasium work. The great object in the physical development of students is to fit them for work in the mental world. The researches of scientists have shown that there is a reciprocal relation between body and mind...
...public," said Professor Trowbridge, "is not generally interested in scientific experiments, but there is something so mysterious about the invisible rays that it is no wonder their interest has been aroused. The rays pass through boards, ebonite, thin metals, and penetrate the inmost parts of the body and yet they do not pass through a window pane...
Distance of the object from the plate plays a big part in cathode photography. The successful photographs of the human hand have been those where the palm was facing the cathode, which put the bones nearer the plate by a very little. The greatest interest in the experiments is because of its application to surgery. Glass can be easily detected in the hand and in the foot...
...increase the general interest of the undergraduates and graduates at Pennsylvania in rowing, and to bring out new material for the crew, an advisory coaching committee has been appointed, consisting of the following graduates: James Bond '77, George Sargent '84, Reginald L. Hart '79, Archibald Wright '89, Albert Gray '84, and C. O. Potts '87, with Mr. Reath as chairman of the committee. This committee will not interfere with Mr. Ward's work as head coach, but will merely have a general oversight in rowing matters...